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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[October i, i88«. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NE-W PRODUCTS. 

 (London Price List, August 31st, 1882.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



MALABAE COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



CINCHONA BARK— 



Crown 



„ Red 



Twig 

 CAEDAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 

 Madras 

 Mangalore 

 Ceylon 

 CINNAMON Ists 



2nds 

 3rds 



China 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation 



., Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cofhin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX vomica" 



MYTSABOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLA 

 LE5I0N GRASS 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPIiK— 



Malabar, Black silted 

 .Vllcppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellicherrv, While ... 

 PLUMBAGO Limip 



chips 



dust 

 BED WOOD 

 SAP AN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. chips ... 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauvitius & 

 Eotn-bon, Iste 

 3ild-' 



3rils 

 4th 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 ANT) ZANZIB^VB. 



ALOES, Soccotriue and 

 Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar \ 



and Pemba J 



f Slightly softish to good 

 \ hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill 



Branch 



Medium to good Qiiill 

 Brauch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to tine plump clipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to fine pale quill . 



Woody and hard ... 



Fair to fine plant... 

 Good to fine 

 Grey to fair 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. 

 Low- middling ... 

 Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Medium to fine ... 

 Good to fine ordinary 



Mid. coarse to fine light 

 Ord. to fine long straight 

 Coarse to fine 

 Good to superior .. . 

 Ordinary to fair ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fine bold fresh 



Small ordiiiarj' and fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 



Fair Coa.st 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, not woody... 



Fair to bold heaiy 

 ,. good „ 



Fair to tine bright bold... 

 MidiUing small to good... 

 Sli. foul to fine bright ... 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good fiavor 



Good to fine bold green .. 

 Fairmiddling bold 

 Common dark and .small 

 Finger fair to fine I'old 

 Hixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



QUOTATIONS. 



£6 10s a £8 

 £5 a £6 



4s a 6s per lb. 

 2s a 3s 

 a as 

 Is 6d a 29 

 5da9d 

 6s a 7s 

 3s 6d a 5s 6d 

 4s a 5s 

 2s ed a 4s 6d 

 6s a 7s 6d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 Is Id a 2s 

 lid a Is 8d 

 9d a Is 4d 

 7d a lid 



l|d a 6d 

 100s a 114a 

 70s a 90s 



94s a lIOs 

 75s a 85s 

 68s a 70s 

 46s nominal 

 95s a 11.5s 

 82s a 94s 

 S6s nominal 



£16 a £22 

 £18 a £46 

 £12 a £18 

 £29 a £45 

 £23 a £28 

 £16 a £20 

 14s a 20s 

 50s a 55s 

 £9 10s a £17 

 70s a 116s 

 453 a eOs 

 40s a 60s 

 323 a Sas 

 103al2s 

 7s 3d a 8s ed 

 9s a lid 



6d a 9s 

 8s 6d 

 7s a 7s 9d 

 Is 6d a 3s 

 2Jd a 2kl 

 2d a 2Ji3 

 40s a 00s 



6id a 6id 

 6d a f\A 

 9d a 2s ed 

 lljs a 19s 

 13s a 17s 

 9s a 12s 

 5s a 10s 

 £7 a £8 

 £12 a £13 

 £30 a £60 

 £16 a £23 

 9d a Is 3d 

 3d a 6d 

 Id a 2id 

 15s a 20s 

 lis a 1.5s 

 12s a 14s 

 Us a 12/3 



Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 20s a 2.?s 



Foxy & reddish „ ,, 14s a 18s 



J Lean & diy to middling 



1 under 6 inches ...IDs a 13s 



\ Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings 



Good and fine dry ...£6a£10 



Common & mid, part soft £4 a £7 .'.s 



Good to fine bright ...80sa9O.; 



Ordinary and middling . 

 Good and fine bright 



Gooa ana nue onf^nt ... t^a a 'l^ 

 prdinary & middliug dtiU 7d a 7^ 



Fair, usual dry 



rOs a 80s 

 '|d a 7^ 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY' 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLO^'ES, Stems 

 COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bn.ssorah \ . , ,, 

 & Turkey J""""^ 

 green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFOETIDA .. 



KINO 



MYT{RH, picked.. 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings., 

 siftiugs .. 



INDIA RUBBER 



SAFFLOWER, Persian .. 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 CUTCH 

 INDIARUBBER Calcutta. 



Rangoon . 



Madaga-scar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAxMARINDS 



idaSSia 



rarPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 AREO^VROOT (Natal) 



IMPORTED FROM 



CHINA. J.U'AN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra.. 

 Reboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dl-ied ... 



High dried ... 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penan g Flake... 

 Singapore „ ... 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



QUALITY. 



Fair fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fuie dark 



Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked fine pale iu sorts 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto . 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Y'ellowi,sh and mixed . 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul . 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white 

 Middliug to good reddish 

 Middliug to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Mozambique,fair tofine 

 sausage 

 „ Ball 

 Ordinary' to good 



Nearly water w bite 

 Fair aud good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good dark cleau 

 Good to fine 

 Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings .. 

 Middling to fine, not slonj 

 Stony and inferior 



9id 



lis a 13» 



55s a 62s 6d 



45s a 50s 

 40s a 4Ss 



35^ a 50s 

 20s a 30s 

 £16 a £20 

 £14 a £1G 

 £8 a £13 

 £11 a £15 

 £7 a £10 10s 

 37s 6d a 45s 

 33s a 36s 

 30s a 40s 

 50s a 80s 

 lOs a 40s 

 50s a 55s 

 £6 a £8 IDs 

 £4 a £6 

 40s a 65s 

 36s a 40s 

 14s a 24s 

 1.5s a 20s 



2s 4d a 2s 9d 



5s u 3os 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 

 Common & middling sofi 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



Good, piu-e, & dry white 

 pinky 

 Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean ... 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 64 's a 80's, garbled 

 8.5'sa95's 

 100'sal2.5's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 

 Good to fine sound 



QUOTATIONS. 



35d a 4d 

 3|d a 3kl 

 3d a 3|d 

 205 a 32s 

 Is 8d a 2s 6d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 Is 10 a 2s 4d 

 2s 7d a 2s lOd 

 2s 4d a as 6d 

 £3 15s a £5 

 £2 1.5s a £3 IDs 

 £1 10s a £2 5s 

 lOs M a 14s 

 '^ a 5s 



50s a 55s 

 LOs a 46s 

 b5s a 50s 

 ■2M a 4d 



)■"■ 



2s 6d a 75s 



2.8h a 37s 

 38s a 40s 

 32s a 35s 

 25s a 2lis 

 2s 2<1 a 3s 8d 

 9da2s 

 6d a Is 6d 

 Ud a Is 3.1 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 9d a as 6rt 

 2s Bd a 2s 8d 

 Is lOd a 2s 6d 

 Is nd a Is 9a 

 Is 3d a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 2s a 3s Od 



Dark ordinar5'& middling lOd a ]s 8d 

 ~ • " Is 2d a Is 6d 



al a Is 

 16s a ITs 

 1.5s 6d a 16s 

 14s nd a Bis 

 12s a 14s 

 2d a 2Jd 

 If.l a 2d 

 . „ ,. Ijd a l^d 



.Bullets ...16s a IK 



Medium ... \is 6d a ISs 



(Seed ...USs 9d it 1^ 



Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 



Fair tofine 



Good pinky to w Idle 

 Fair to fine 



